Anna Batory is a smart, tough, ambitious video freelanceer whose
nightlife consists of riding the mean streets of L.A. with her motley
crew of cameramen, looking for hot stories she can tape and sell to the
TV station offering the highest bid. One eventful night, she and her
crew tape a raid by animal-rights activists, then hurry to the scene of
a suicide, where a high-school kid has just jumped off a balcony after
a drug overdose. The next morning, one of Anna's crew members turns up
dead, sliced, diced, and beaten to a pulp by an obvious madman. Anna
hooks up with the dead high-school kid's dad, Jake Harper, a former
L.A. cop who wants to avenge his son's death. He and Anna soon find
puzzling links between young Harper's death and the death of Anna's
crewman. The tension spirals higher as Jake and Anna track down clues,
circling ever closer to the killer. Well-orchestrated suspense,
nonstop action, plenty of unexpected twists, and a superb climax will
keep readers riveted.